Telegram-herald., 1887-12-05

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psalms 20 AZ slsrnIsy. No, 10. 4 saw
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s-aAding before the throns re that talked
With ne Aad gol&ea red % measure ths
city aad II vas l.. CO f1risngs -th2t =, l,59o
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llftls eolony At ous corner Of Gods do
nlinion where a mans entrance dspends upoa
v aat kind Of clothes he has sa his back ami
hOs much nlonsy he has IA his purse. but =
vast eurire. God sraRt thas the hgat Of
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lat moment
The rougbeat tine NE had in crossing ths
ocean was az ths rnoufh OF Liverpool hzrbor.
We arrived q zightfAu and wsre Obliged 70
lie thars I'll the morning wsitin. for the
rising OF the tds before We could so up 70
the city. How tas vessel pitched and
Writhed in the water So sometimes the last
illness OF the Christian Is a struggle. He Is
almost through the voyage. Tho waves Of
temptation toss his socl, bat be waits for tas
morning. AT last the light dawns ard ths
tides OF JOY arise IN his soul and hs sails up
and casts anchor withtn the veil
Is thy heart righti What question csn
compare with this IN Importance
IL Is business question Do you not realize
that you viii soon have TO go out Of that
store; that you will soon have 20 resign thar
partnership; that soon anosg all the millions
OF dollars worth OF goods that are sold in
New York you win not have the handling or
n yard OF cloth, or pound Of sugar, or a pen
ny'~orth OF anything; that soon II a conda-
grafton should start At Central park and
sweep everything 10 the Battery, 1t would
not disturb you; that soon II every cashier
should abscond, and every insurance COM
pany should fail, 10 would not affect you'll
What are the questions that stop this side the
grave compared with the questions that
reach beyond iEl Are you making losses that
are 70 be everlestingi Are you making pur
chases for eternityi Ars you jobbing for time
when you might be wholesaling for eternity,
What question Of the store is so broad at ths
base and 80 altitudinous and so overwhelm-
ing as the question, is thy heart rightn
Or Is il domestic question: Is It some
thing about father, or mother, or companion,
or son, or daughter, that you think IS COM
parable with tlrs question ia inportancci Do
you not realize that by universal and insxor-
able law Oil these relations viii be broken upl
Your father will 20 gone, your mother viii
be gone, your companion viii be gone, your
child viii DC gone, you viii be gone: and then
this superpal question will begin 70 harvest
its chief gains. or deplore its worst losses, roll
up into its mighticst magnitude, or sweep its
vast circles. What difference now does it
make 70 Napoleon III whether he triumphed
o. surrendered at Sedanl whether r lived at
the Tuilerics or at Chisolhurstl whether nc
was emperor or exilel They laid hin out il
his collin in the dress Of field marshal Did
that give him any better chance for the next
world than II be he'd been laid out in
plain shroudl And soon to Us
what viii be the difference whether
ia this world we rode or walked,
were bowed to or maltreated, were
arplauded or hisscd at, were welcomed in or
kicked out, while laying hold OF every mo-
nleut OF tho great future and burning in all
the splendor Of grief and overarching and
undergoing ali time and all eternity is the
plan, simple, practical, thrilling, agOniziug, 5,
overwhelming question, "Is thy heart TightF
Have you within you repenting heart, ~
expect1nt hearts III not l must write upon
Your soul what George NhIt-leld wrote
upon tho window pano with his diamond
ring. Ea tarried in an elegant house over
night, but found that there was TO Cod
recognized in that house Before he let his
room IN the morning with his ring he wrote
upon tho window pane, zone thing thou
lacksst7 After tho guest was como the
housewife came I'D and looked at the wiz
dow aud saw the inscription and called her
husband and her children, and God, tbroush
that ministry Of tho window glass, brought
them al % Jesus. Though you may today
be surrounded by comforts and luxurias, and
feel that yoa have need Of nothing, il
you are not TIE childrcn of God, with
tie sirrst rirg Of ChrIsts love. Let NO Ii
scr,be upon your souls. lone thing thou
lscksstT pray you that, whatever else you
nay miss. you unay not miss heaven. 1t /.
too hri~ht a homo 70 lose. Your soul ia.
been bought az too dear a prico prezc. tc
you OF the blood thst cleanseth from all sin
Casting al your sins behind you, | ees oi
you 70 start this morning for ito kingdom
aYes,r you say. Il viii start, but not now
William III made proclamation, when ther'
was a revolution Ia the north of Scotland
that Gil who came and took tae cath OF alle
eiance bT tie SIst Of December should b
rzr,loned NacIsn, chieftain Of proni
rant clan. resolved 70 return with the rest q
the rebels. but had some pride in being th'
very last one that should take the oath III
postponed starting for this purpose untal tw'
days before the expiration Of the teEn
STOW storm irnpeied his way, and before b
got up 70 take the oath and receive pardc'
from The throne the tine was up aud cast
While tie Others ver- set free MacIan va
unis~rablY put to death He started too lst
and arrived too late. In ike manner soui
of you are in prospect Of losing forever "a
amnesty Of the Gospel. Many cf ron sr
going % he forever too late. ReDembar u
irrsparrble mistake OF MacTsnl
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